Iver exhausted most of his gold on the clothes. He now looked like a Dorwinion Merchant and Marco....well Marco needed a haircut and a trim of his beard but he looked adequate after all Iver's efforts. He found he had very little coin left for weapons but nonetheless the market was open and he could see an assortment of items from strange pike-tridents to a man who claimed he had a flaming sword to sell, his beard dyed green as he shouted for customers to come and see. It was neither flaming nor looking like a sword, more an oversized sickle.
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"There is no need, Thoruk Ironbeard. After the War and the devastating losses sustained by the Seven Clans, Dwarf-folk trust in one another. Under this very mountain do five of the Seven live. Many refugees came to us after Sauron send his demons to the east and destroyed the Orocarni Mountains." Thorin went on, "Guards, you can leave us." The dozen dwarven soldiers guarding the King left the room through niches in the wall and the main door. The other Dwarves in line filed out as well and the doors shut leaving Thoruk and Thorin alone.
"So, what is this unfortunate news, laddie?" Thorin III Stonehelm asked.
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Celeborn stared at Daugo with a mixture of disgust and pity. "Oh lord." He said, apathetically taking a seat next to Daugo on the grassy floor.
Turmir raised his cup and dropped it on his face, either accidentally or intentionally. Either way, he was down for the count. Celeborn went over to him, wiped away some wine on his face and dragged him into a nearby tent, plopping him down before returning back to the campfire. Daugo had won....until someone else joined the game.
"Yes." He picked up a glass, poured from the wine barrel and drank. "I killed many things. Animals, orcs, even their children. I enjoyed it for a time. The power I felt when I ended a life. It almost satisfied me. I felt control. But then, then, I met my wife. Galadriel is her name. She brought the darkness out of me and expelled it. Uncorrupted me, Daugo. Do you know how many I slaughtered in Beleriand, the land before Middle-Earth? Do you know how many I killed during the wars? How many I hunted down and exterminated? I lied to myself. I told myself I was doing it for Eru. For my fellow brothers and sisters who died. But truthfully, it was because of the rush. I enjoyed it. And I hate myself for it. I murderer families of orcs. Children. They may have grown up and been manipulated into slaying others, but they were still children and I ended their lives. My wife saved me from that. What about you?" Celeborn said, maintaining his composure.
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Cardiloc saw his sister crying at the steps to the house. She was alone.
Dimitri and Ha'zi saw that the dragon landed half a mile from them. Would they follow after Card or continue on their way out of the valley?
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